Sam Defelice

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ABOUT SAM DEFELICE

I am a Connecticut State Environmental Conservation Police Officer currently assigned to the state\'s Northwest Sector where I conduct hunting, fishing, boating and recreational vehicle enforcement, investigate crimes occurring in all state parks and forests and perform a variety of public outreach and wildlife management initiatives. My previous assignments were in the Northeast Sector as well as the Central and Eastern Sectors of the Marine District where I patrolled the state\'s shoreline conducting fisheries and boating enforcement along Long Island Sound as well as patrolled the states largest state parks. I currently serve as a Field Training Officer and as a Boating Accident Reconstructionist on the Boating Accident Reconstruction Unit (BARU). Prior to my service with the ENCON Police I served as a Police Officer for the City of Bristol where I served in the Patrol Division on the Crime Suppression Unit, ATV Enforcement Unit as a Field Training Officer and as Post Advisor to the Police Explorer program.I concurrently have served over 18 years in the Connecticut Army National Guard where I currently serve in the state headquarters as the State Provost Sergeant in the Joint Operations Center as well as the State Emergency Operations Center (EOC). I have deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, and have conducted law enforcement missions in the Dominican Republic, Germany as well as Hurricane Katrina Relief Operations. I also served on special assignment with the US Department of Homeland Security as a physical security and antiterrorism specialist. I enjoy working with our youth and serving as a positive role model as best I can.